Mariama
Recorded 1971–2025 · United States
Mariama was most popular in 2024, when 77 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,239 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,257, with 76 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,177 people named Mariama.
Mariama over time
How old is the name Mariama?
Mariama first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1971, which makes it about 54 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 54 of the 55 years since.
How many people are named Mariama?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,177 American births named Mariama between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,150 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Mariama in 2025?
76 American babies were named Mariama in 2025, ranking #4,257 that year.
Is Mariama getting more or less popular?
Mariama is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 64 births a year, against 59 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +7% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Mariama a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Mariama is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,177 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Mariama?
Roughly 2,150 Americans named Mariama are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 9 and 27.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Mariama is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
Explore further
See Mariama on the interactive charts
About · Privacy · Contact
Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org